Matua Rays visit

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Matua Ray`s visit

On Monday morning Matua Ray came to talk to our class about how to keep our fresh waterway healthy.

First we talked about the clarity of the water. 

Matua Ray used a long pipe and there was a black magnet. He was checking how clean the water was.

You are supposed to look at the long pipe of water. You look in the pipe. There is a black magnet. You move the magnet down the pipe of water and see how far the magnet can go. You say stop when you can't see the magnet.

Next we talked about the temperature of water. He showed our class a thermometer. Simon put the thermometer in the water and checked the temperature and the temperature was 15.

Then we got a different thermometer to test if the temperature was the same.The other thermometer did nearly the same it was 15.5.

After that Matau Ray talked to us about pests in our fresh waterways.There are two fish, one of them is gambusia. Gambusia is a mosquito fish.

They pull out the other fishes eyes and sometimes they pull out there own eyes too.

The other pests are the koi carp. The koi carp messes up the bottom of the river and kills the other fish.

Finally we talked about our ph level. If the ph level is under 6 the water is to acidic and if the water is over 9.5 it has got too much alkaline. The best ph level is 7.

I felt very cheerful after we got all of that learning in our heads. There was so much to learn and I really enjoyed listening to Matua Ray and learning from him. I can’t wait for our trip on Wednesday to learn more about our fresh waterways and how to look after them.

Going to Waitai`s house

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On Saturday I went to Waitai` s house. My aunty and Waitai came to pick me up from my house. I packed some clothes then I saw her outside. I got my bag and jumped in the car. I was excited when I jumped in the car. First when we got to their house we had a gigantic kai, the kai was delicious. There was chicken, chips and salad. Then we played some basketball and we played master. Master is when you shoot the ball from a line and if you get the ball in the hoop you get to be master. I felt proud when I got the ball in the hoop.Then is was Waitai’s turn with the ball. He didn't get the ball in hoop first try.  Then it was my turn again and I got the ball in the hoop. Next it was Waitai`s brother’s turn. His name in Sione. Sione is wonderful at basketball. He can shoot very far. Sione got the ball in first try too. Next we walked to Sione`s room and played on his xbox 1. We played Red Dead Redemption 2. Red dead redemption is when you kill animals  and you try to survive from people because they try to kill you. I died three times.Then we played ufc.Ufc is when you fight the other person that is playing. After that we were still on ufc I was versing Waitai. He was amazing at ufc. I beat Waitai .I was very amazed because Waitai is better than me.Then we went outside and played hide&seek. Me & Waitai were the hiders and Patuone was the seeker. Patuone couldn't find me & Waita.i I was hiding in the cupboard and Waitai was hiding under the bed.  couldn't find me & Waitai so Patuone gave up. Me & Waiti won. I  was very cheerful. Finally we jumped in the bed.I thought it was a wonderful time at Waitai`s house. I felt very delighted that night.

Going to Waitai`s house 

On Saturday I went to Waitai` s house. My aunty and Waitai came to pick me up from my house. I packed some clothes then I saw her outside. I got my bag and jumped in the car. I was excited when I jumped in the car. First when we got to their house we had a gigantic kai, the kai was delicious. There was chicken, chips and salad. Then we played some basketball and we played master. Master is when you shoot the ball from a line and if you get the ball in the hoop you get to be master. I felt proud when I got the ball in the hoop.Then is was Waitai’s turn with the ball. He didn't get the ball in hoop first try.  Then it was my turn again and I got the ball in the hoop. Next it was Waitai`s brother’s turn. His name in Sione. Sione is wonderful at basketball. He can shoot very far. Sione got the ball in first try too. Next we walked to Sione`s room and played on his xbox 1. We played Red Dead Redemption 2. Red dead redemption is when you kill animals  and you try to survive from people because they try to kill you. I died three times.Then we played ufc.Ufc is when you fight the other person that is playing. After that we were still on ufc I was versing Waitai. He was amazing at ufc. I beat Waitai .I was very amazed because Waitai is better than me.Then we went outside and played hide&seek. Me & Waitai were the hiders and Patuone was the seeker. Patuone couldn't find me & Waita.i I was hiding in the cupboard and Waitai was hiding under the bed.  couldn't find me & Waitai so Patuone gave up. Me & Waiti won. I  was very cheerful. Finally we jumped in the bed.I thought it was a wonderful time at Waitai`s house. I felt very delighted that night.

Prototec basic facts

 

Lakes

We have bean learning about lakes I am putting this on my blog because so our reader learn about lakes too.

Prototec math

 

Punakitere Awa

 Punakitere Awa

On the Saturday morning me,Simon and

Petuere went with Mrs Paraha to see Punakitere Awa because we are learning about rivers .

First we had a look on some maps to look for Punakitere river. So we found where it is.

Then we made some videos about Punakitere. It was fun doing the videos.

 

Next we went outside and had some 

snacks. It was chocolates, rice cakes and caramel sticks. They were delicious.

 

Then we started our journey to find Punakitere.

Our first trip was to find the source. The source is where the river begins. Our journey was to find it. We drove down Orakau road following the river.

There was heaps of nature around the river. 

Then we found the source and took some photos. The source is at Hikurangi Maunga.  It was fun.

After that we drove to school to look at the  maps again. We were trying to look for the mouth. The mouth is where the river ends.

We looked on the maps and it looked cool. We found where Punakitere ends. It ends

at the Hokianga Harbour.

  

Finally we drove down Picadilly road and looked where Punakitere leaves Tautoro.

That night I felt joyful because it was fun and I learned lots about all sorts of rivers.